THURSDAY, 12.30PM: FREE State rugby selectors have made two changes to the team to play against Natal in a Bankfin Currie Cup match at Kings Park Stadium in Durban on Sunday. Os du Randt, who did duty for the Springbok,takes over as lossehead prop and MJ Smith has recovered from an injury and will play […]
THURSDAY, 4.00PM POLICE rushed reinforcements to the Richmond area in KwaZulu-Natal on Thursday after a group of youths was attacked on Wednesday night. After the attack, gunfire was heard throughout the area until Thursday morning. Police and army sources said gunfire was heard early on Thursday morning in Isimozomeni, where five African National Congress members, […]
THURSDAY, 8.00AM THE LEADING candidate for the vacant post of National Party leader, Wstern Cape Premier Hernus Kriel, announced on Wednesday he will not stand because he is “of the same era” as predecessor FW De Klerk and a younger leader is required. There was also continued talk yesterday that the National Party might return […]
THURSDAY, 5.30PM NEW Movement Process leader Roelf Meyer on Thursday said he intends giving the Truth and Reconciliation Commission details about the national security management system under the previous government. “The information could be vital for the commission,” he told reporters in Pretoria. Meyer is one of several former cabinet members asked to testify before […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: THE Premier Soccer League (PSL) received a massive boost on Tuesday when BP announced a sponsorhip deal worth R4,5-million for the next three years. The company will contribute R1,25-million this yaer, with the amount escalating by 10% each year. BP were the sponsors of the BP Top Eight Cup for the past 25 […]
WEDNESDAY, 12.00NOON: GENCOR, in its last results as a unified company, has psoted a 41% rise inheadline earnings to R2,1-billion in the year to June. The results come off strong performances from the group’s platinum, coal, aluminium and titanium operations, with the only counter being a slump in earnings at the group’s steel and ferralloys […]
WEDNESDAY, 3.30PM NATIONAL Party executive director Marthinus van Schalkwyk, 37, has confirmed his candidature for the race to succeed FW de Klerk as party leader, the only confirmation thus far, according to a NP source. Other contenders, including Western Cape Premier and provincial NP leader Hernus Kriel, 55, have still to officially announce their candidature. […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.00PM THE United Staes government has sent representatives of four federal law enforcement agencies to SA in a bid to improve co-operation in the fight against international crime syndicates and to help in local police training programmes. The four agents represent the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Drug Enforcement Agency, the US Customs Service […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: BAFANA BAFANA coach Clive Barker said on Tuesday he will meet with the South African Football Association (Safa) next week to discuss his future as the national coach. Before the Congo match, Barker said he would not necessarily remain as coach after the team had qualified for the World Cup finals in France. […]
WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM: SOUTH African Rugby Football Union CEO Rian Oberholzer and four principal rugby sponsors — M-Net, Bankfin, Winfield and Vodacom — met at Ellis Park Stadium on Tuesday, following claims of lack of transparency on the part of the union. The meeting was called after the sponsors delivered a letter to Sarfu president Louis […]